Note 515 — Chapter IV · Egypt

Psamtek’s daughter Nitokris was adopted by Shepnepet, daughter of Taharqa (or, according to J. de Rougé, Ét. sur les textes géogr. du temple d’Edfou, p. 62, of Pianchi), sacerdotal princess of Thebes, Breasted, Records, IV. 935 f.; cp. E. de Rougé, Notice de quelques textes hiérogl. publ. par M. Greene, ap. Maspero, Bibl. Égypt. XXIII. pp. 70 f.; J. de Rougé, Ét. sur les textes géogr. du temple d’Edfou, pp. 59–63; neither of whom understood that N. was daughter of S. only by adoption. From the omission of the revolt of Gyges and Psamtek from the earlier Assurbanipal cylinders and the statement that Miluhha (Ethiopia) revolted with Saulmugina (brother of Assurbanipal), G. Smith, Assurbanipal, p. 78, cp. pp. 154–5, infers that the revolt of Gyges and Psammetichus took place at the time of the general rising against Assyria, which means that Psammetichus was allied with Ethiopia at that time. His early flight into Syria, Hdt. II. 152, is to be connected with his father’s policy rather than with his own.